Dysfunctional family
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A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions. Children sometimes grow up in such families with the understanding that such a situation is normal. Dysfunctional families are primarily a result of two adults, one typically overtly abusive and the other codependent, and may also be affected by addictions (such as substance abuse, such drugs including alcohol), or sometimes by an untreated mental illness. Dysfunctional parents may emulate or over-correct from their own dysfunctional parents. In some cases, the dominant parent will abuse or neglect their children and the other parent will not object, misleading a child to assume blame.
See also
- Rotten kid theorem
- Abnormality (behavior)
- Alcoholism in family systems
- Domestic violence
- Family nexus
- Family therapy
- Harry Stack Sullivan
- Identified patient
- Narcissistic parent
- Parental alienation
- Parenting styles
- Psychological manipulation
- The Simpsons
- Love-hate relationship